When a curved line connects two identical notes, it's a tie. When it connects two different notes, it's a slur. It always indicates no new attack. So what's the problem?
It's a problem if it slurs an altered F# to an un-courtesyed F natural over the barline, say in the key of C. I think I remember the previous poster outlining a situation like this.
Thus Christopher BJ Smith.
The graphic distinction betw. tie and slur exists only in print. There is no difference in MS. In the example given, the natural sign before the F is not a courtesy, it is required--precisely because a graphic distinction betw. tie and slur cannot be assumed. If I write an F# connected by a curved line to an unmarked F on the other side of the following barline, then I have written a tie no matter how the curve may be shaped/placed. If I want the second F to be natural, then I *must* place a natural sign before it.
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